The problem with “sequestration”
Posted by Jacquelyn Lendsey on Jun 13, 2012 at 12:04 PMThis week we’ve been talking a lot about how child care assistance helps children and families. There’s an opportunity to increase federal support for child care assistance and early learning programs, and we’re urging Congress to take it by increasing…
A key time to support child care
Posted by Joe Theissen on Jun 12, 2012 at 12:15 PMThe Senate Appropriations Committee this week has a chance to bolster federal aid for child care. This would obviously be a great benefit for American kids, who come to school better prepared if they attend high quality early learning programs.…
New report: 37 states scaled back child care aid last year
Posted by Terrylynn Tyrell on Oct 14, 2011 at 12:53 PMThirty-seven states last year scaled back their child care services, according to a new report by our friends at the National Women’s Law Center. “Families are not only worse off in 2011 than they were in 2010, but are…
Voices praises investments in children in President Obama’s budget
Posted by Joanna Shoffner Scott on Feb 14, 2011 at 6:03 PMPresident Obama today proposed a budget that would make important new investments in children. Of course, the president’s budget proposal is basically a long memo in the form of a budget and Congress is unlikely to take it up, but…
